Homemade P.F. Chang's Chicken Lettuce Wraps
A homemade copycat recipe of the famous P.F. Chang's Chicken Lettuce Wraps.
Ingredients
For the wraps:
- 2 tablespoons Canola oil (divided)
- 1 pound ground chicken breast
- 1 can sliced water chestnuts (minced into the size of peas)
- 2/3 cup fresh mushrooms (minced into the size of peas)
- 3 tablespoons chopped onion
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- 4-6 iceberg or butter lettuce leaves
For the stir fry sauce:
- 4 tablespoons reduced sodium soy sauce
- 4 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon rice wine vinegar
For the special sauce:
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1/4 cup water
- 1 tablespoons reduced sodium soy sauce
- 1 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoons ketchup
- 1/2 tablespoon lemon juice
- dash of sesame oil
- 1/2 tablespoon hot mustard
- 1 teaspoon hot water
- 1/2 - 1 teaspoon garlic and red chile paste
Instructions
- Before beginning recipe, have mushrooms and water chestnuts chopped and set aside.
- Prepare stir fry sauce by adding ingredients to a small bowl and mixing well with a small whisk or fork, set aside.
- Make the special sauce by dissolving the sugar in the water in a small bowl. Add the soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, ketchup, lemon juice, and sesame oil. Mix well and set aside until ready to serve. Combine the hot water with the hot mustard and set this aside as well.
- Bring 1 tablespoon oil to high heat in a wok or large frying pan. Saute ground chicken until cooked through.
- With the pan still on high heat, add the other tablespoon of oil. Add the garlic, onions, water chestnuts, and mushrooms to the pan. Add the stir fry sauce to the pan and saute the mixture for a couple minutes.
- To complete the "special sauce," add your desired measurement of the mustard and garlic chili sauce to the special sauce mixture to reach preferred spiciness.
- Serve the chicken mixture in the lettuce cups and top with "special sauce" as desired.
Notes
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